of Ordinance No.1 of 1884.
5. One effect of the above change in the register will
be to make the persons in Part II of the register "medical
practitioners" and as such liable to take out and pay the
fees for annual certificates to practise under section 21(1)
of the Stamp Ordinance, No.8 of 1921. Persons whose whole
time is at the disposal of the Crown, professors of the
Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hongkong, and
persons exempted by the Governor in Council on the ground
that their whole time is at the disposal of some charitable
institution, do not have to take out such certificates to
practise as they are exempted under section 21(3) of Ordi-
nance No.8 of 1921, as amended by No.26 of 1929 and this
new Ordinance does not affect that exemption.
6. Another effect of requiring registration in the case
of practitioners, who were not required to register under
Ordinance No.1 of 1884, is that it is made clear that these
persons are brought under the jurisdiction of the Medical
Board, which after due inquiry, in cases of conviction or
infamous conduct in any professional respect, may censure
a registered practitioner or direct that his name be struck
off the register.
7. In my opinion the Ordinance is not contrary to the
Governor's instructions and it is one to which His Excellency
the Officer Administering the Government may properly
assent in the name of His Majesty and on His behalf.
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Attorney General.
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